Screen shot of the fastest flights interactive Web site home pageI went to a session on data journalism led by the Boston Globe's Evan Horowitz at an American Society of Business Press Editors bootcamp last fall. It's a whole different way of tel...

It'll only set you back 536,500 points per person to come visit the koalas at the Great Otway National Park.I’ll be the first to admit that, while as travel advocate Christopher Elliott likes to point out, airline loyalty rewards programs aren’t ...

I get that they’re for-profit companies, but with fees proliferating like proverbial bunnies and tone-deaf airline execs making comments about putting profits over the traveling public, I can’t help but wonder if those who are calling airlines th...

The nor’easter that continued to hammer the Northeast on Tuesday has caused area airports to cancel thousands of flights over the two-day period—with Boston’s Logan airport canceling flights from 7 p.m. Monday until an as-yet unspecified time on ...

Malaysia Airlines, as we know all too well, had a very bad, tragic year, with the loss of Flight MH370 with 239 people on board, and the shooting down of Flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine that killed 298. Not surprisingly its safety rat...

Packing for a trip can be a time-consuming and stressful task. Many people see it as one of the worst parts of a trip. As travelers worry about complying with airline guidelines and taking everything that they might need, they often put off...

Marriott International has moved travelers a step closer to their dream of universal free hotel Wi-Fi. Marriott announced today that the 47 million members of its loyalty program, Marriott Rewards (free to join), who book their hotel stays direct...

Did we really ask for this?Travel consumer advocate Chris Elliott is so fed up with the current state of airline cabin comfort (or lack thereof) that he's calling for the government to set limits on how small seats can be. He's not buying the air...

Sad to think we may need one, but given the recent rash of reclining-seat-based bad behavior and a discussion with a flight attendant on a flight not long ago, it appears that we do. So here’s my first stab at creating a guide that, if followed...